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Message
from the Principal - January 2012
January is the time of the year when we all set goals,
make resolutions, and work towards making the New Year
even better than the last. It is the perfect time to sit
with your children and build good learning habits.
Setting up study areas in the home, reading a little
more each night, and striving to learn math facts are
excellent goals to establish in the New Year. As
parents, the PTA is a great place to start for the goal
of getting involved. Please take the opportunity to
volunteer in the school, and at events whenever
possible. With your support at home, and the
collaboration with the teachers in the classroom, we can
help to assure a successful 2012!
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Warren Street Newsletter
Available Online
The
following editions of the Warren Street Newsletter are
now available for viewing online:
January 2012,
December 2011,
November 2011,
October 2011,
September 2011
Sixth Graders Create Board Games Based on Book
 After
they completed reading the novel "Hatchet" by Gary
Paulsen, sixth graders in Mr. McCullough's classroom
were divided into groups of four in order to work
collaboratively on a book report board game project.
Each group was given the task of creating a unique board
game utilizing the setting, title, author, main idea and
details represented in the novel. The games were then
shared with the whole class, with everyone having an
opportunity to play them in a round-robin fashion, while
the reports were graded on how closely they met all
project expectations. Mr. McCullough and the students
all agreed that it presented a fun learning opportunity!
Enjoy these
additional photos.
Johnstown
Holiday Parade 7 p.m., November 18
Warren Street staff, students and families who plan to
participate in the Johnstown Holiday Parade on November
18 should plan to arrive and line up at 6 p.m. in
Division A on Madison Avenue in front of the FMCC group.
Please note that all children who participate MUST
be accompanied by an adult!
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Studying
the
Life Cycle of
the Butterfly |
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Mrs. Frenyea's second graders were able to watch
two Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, form jade
green chrysalides and, 14 days later, emerge as
butterflies! The students then released the
butterflies and watched them fly off. |
Check Out
our Scholastic Book Fair Sept. 26-30
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in room 19
throughout the school day every day this week, except
for Thursday. On Thursday night, the Warren Street Open
House & Book Fair will take place from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
in the gymnasium. Advertising for the Book Fair can be
found
here.
Purchases can be made after the Open House/Book Fair at
Scholastic's online Book Fair site until October 3, 2011
using this "Shop
Online" link. Purchases from the website will be
shipped directly to school. They can be sent home with
your child, or picked up by arrangement.
Now Your
Internet Searches & Purchases Can Benefit Warren Street
School!
What if Warren Street School earned a
donation every time you searched the Internet? Or how
about if a percentage of every purchase you made online
went to support our school? Well, now it can!
Learn how here!
Safety
First
Your child’s safety is of the
utmost importance to us. During recess, the students use
the playground and, in order to keep this area safe, the
parking lot in front of the playground is for school
employees only. Accordingly, it is blocked off from
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
The parking lot in front of the
school is available for parents dropping off and picking
up their children. Please note that this parking lot is
considered a roadway (Warren Street). Warren Street
becomes a one-way street after the last residential
driveway. All traffic exiting the parking lot needs to
proceed in a one-way direction toward Wright Drive.
Please be aware of students
crossing the parking lot and of buses during arrival and
dismissal. It is illegal to pass a school bus with its
red lights flashing!
Price Chopper Tools for Schools
Do you participate in the
Price Chopper Tools for Schools Program? Your
support can help us earn cool tools for our school!
G eneral
Mills Box Tops for Education
Our collection
of General Mills Box Tops for Education (found on most
General Mills cereals and other products) continues.
Support of
boxtops4education.com
is most appreciated, as it enables us to purchase new
equipment for our school.
Visit
District Homepage For District-Wide News
Information of importance to all schools in the district
(i.e., stranger-danger tips, NYS Test Sampler links,
etc.) is posted to the district homepage of the GJSD Web
site. When checking your individual school’s page,
please remember to check the district homepage, as well.
Wondering what
news you may have missed?
Many
web articles previously posted on our site can be
accessed in our
Archives.
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